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The battle for Tswapong South constituency within the ruling Botswana Democratic party (BDP) has taken an interesting twist as a new entrant has emerged.The new comer for the contest in the name of Deric Ramaano, is said to have shaken some of the...

Botswana Sectors of Educators Trade Union (BOSETU) has called upon the Minister of Education, Dr. Douglas Letsholathebe to be decisive on the examination crisis.The union called on the minister to remove the Botswana Examination Council (BEC) Chief...

Controversy has emerged around the Government of Enterprise Architecture tender worth millions of Pula for the detailed design, implementation, and support of the Government of Botswana Enterprise Architecture (GBEA).The ongoing controversy...

Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) says the Government’s position not to pay Retrenchment Packages for former BCL and Tati Nickel miners must be reviewed.The union has demanded that government should take out of the ill–advised liquidation and...

DITSHWANELO - The Centre for Human Rights has called on the government of Botswana to come up with better forms of restorative justice models which seek alternative effective punishments other than death penalty.In its message for the global...

The government of Botswana through the Department of Veterinary Services at the Ministry of Agriculture finds itself in a tight corner over allegations of infringement of Intellectual Property.A local company, Consult IT (Pty) Ltd, is demanding P100...

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in Tlokweng Constituency is engrossed in bitter divisions due to a rift between area Member of Parliament Thulagano Segokgo, who is also Minister of Communications, Knowledge and Technology and his Councillors, sources...

High court Judge, Omphemetse Motumise has declined to direct Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) to release a report on the decline in water inflows at Gaborone Dam.A local weekly publication The Botswana Gazette had approached the High Court to compel...

Allocation of plots in Kgatleng District still stands at 1137 plots from a target of 3280 plots of the 2023 annual target representing the contribution to the national allocation target of 100 000.This was revealed by Kgatleng District Council...

Corruption allegations have surfaced over the tender for supply of cattle ear tags worth in excess of P100 million awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture.Sources suggest possible corruption that threatens not only the integrity of the ministry but...

Retired High Court Judge Abednego Tafa has called on government to give the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) autonomy.He expressed hope that Government will one day accede to the IEC’s demand for more autonomy that will allow it to hire its...

Botswana Land Boards Local Authorities and Health Workers Union (BLLAHWU) and government have reached an agreement over contracts for Poverty Eradication officers.The union had earlier served government with a statutory notice to sue over alleged...

Kgatleng District Council is financially strained as the approved budget is insufficient to carry out all planned activities.According to Kgatleng District Council Chairman, Daniel Molokwe this has resulted in some votes being over spent before the...

The Pan African Parliament (PAP) is currently in a leadership crisis following the clash between first Vice President and second Vice President.This comes after second Vice President Dr. Ashebir Woldegiorgis Gayo of Ethiopia appointed himself Acting...

Shoprite Holdings is not only battling accusations of using some prominent citizens to front for business, but the company is also performing poorly in localisation of senior positions at its headquarters.Recent media reports indicate that Shoprite...